Holcim is a Swiss-based global provider of building materials and solutions, operating across more than 60 countries. The company is a leading producer of cement and clinker, aggregates, and ready-mix concrete, and it also offers precast and dry mortar products. Through its building envelope activities, Holcim supplies roofing systems and related construction materials for commercial and residential applications.
Holcim serves infrastructure, industrial, and residential markets with a focus on performance, durability, and cost efficiency in construction. Its R&D emphasizes cement chemistry and process improvements, including the use of supplementary cementitious materials, alternative fuels, recycled aggregates, and carbon capture and utilization technologies to reduce lifecycle emissions. The company supports circular construction by increasing the reuse and recycling of construction and demolition materials and by developing lower-carbon cement and concrete formulations.
Holcim’s operations span integrated cement plants, grinding and blending facilities, aggregate quarries, and ready-mix networks, enabling regional supply chains and technical support for customers in construction and engineering sectors.
Also known as Holcim S.A..
chemXplore tracks 5 projects involving Holcim, of which 3 are active.
Holcim's role on them: Owner, Developer, Offtaker, and Technology licensor.
2 new construction and 1 revamp / retrofit.
Expected to start operating, per year; 2 of the active projects carry no start-up date yet.
Contractors and licensors are recorded on 2 of these 3 projects For subscribers
Targeting: Carbon dioxide (3), Cement (1), Hydrogen (1)
In-truck sensors, edge computing and machine learning enable continuous quality control and mix optimization in transit, reducing returns and supporting low-carbon mixes across mixer fleets.
New line supports 580,000 t/y ECOPlanet low-carbon cement; 115,000 t/y calcined clay capacity cuts cement CO2 by ~30% while using local quarry feed.
Net sales +5.2% organic H1; recurring EBIT margin 18.1%; closed Xella and Cementos Pacasmayo; FY2026 guidance raised to ~5% sales and ~10% recurring EBIT growth.
Second-quarter comparable growth accelerated; operating margin, recurring profit and cash flow improved while record investments and the DIG Airgas deal closed.
Adds European walling brands (Ytong, Hebel, Silka, Multipor); projected 2026 sales €1bn; €60m run-rate EBITDA synergies by year three; EPS accretive in year one.
Modular adsorption–cryogenic unit pre-treats and preconcentrates cement flue gas to remove impurities and enable retrofit capture without major plant changes.
3,000 Nm³/h Cryocap FG pilot at Holcim’s CaptureLab pre-treats and preconcentrates cement flue gas for CO₂ purification; modular and relocatable.
Industrial-scale, plug-and-play test platform in France for validating diverse carbon-capture technologies on real cement emissions.
By country, the most active first.
